Backyard Mayhem

 The landscapers have created havoc in the backyard as they build our retaining wall and prepare the site for our planned swimming pool. 

Musicians in the Family

Lovely afternoon watching two grandchildren perform.

Awarded

Robert received an award tonight at a dinner in the Fullerton Hotel Sydney.

Thanks to Covid he had to wait a year to receive it.

 

20 Something Snaps - Fish and Chips

I went fishing in my photo archive today and found a few images of Fish and Chip meals we have been served in various establishments (see my earlier post Fish and Chipperies) we have visited. Some of these meals were memorable and delicious while some were downright dreadful, one of the worst being from a shop in Warners Bay not far from home, which has since closed down. Thankfully our local Splash Takeaway Seafoods at Toronto does a rather good job of  Fish and Chips.

There seems to be no standard way to serve Fish and Chips as can be seen in the following photos.

Somewhere in Scotland

Takeaway in Sydney

Dublin, Ireland

Terrigal, New South Wales

More Sydney Takeaway

Akaroa, New Zealand - this was adsolutely delish

Fat chips and mushy peas in Limerick, Ireland

Cape Town, South Africa

Birmingham, England

London, England - More mushy peas

Halifax, Canada

A hotel in Dublin, Ireland

Vancouver, Canada (tomato sauce - yuk)

Even mushier peas in England

Victoria, Canada - Hopefully that's a seafood sauce

Served in a basket - Merewether, New South Wales

Soggy frozen chips in Balranald, Far West New South Wales

Mandurah, Western Australia

Derry, Ireland

Gothenberg, Sweden

By the Rock in Gibraltar

Fáilte

 We are always made to feel welcome on our visits to Ireland. I feel so at home there, that's probably because my ancestry is about 2/3 Irish (and the DNA results back that up).

Hopefully we will return again soon. We have our fingers crossed that the Covid curse will be gone by mid 2022 and we can enjoy more time on the Emerald Isle.

Apologies for the quality of some images that are taken from a speeding bus or car.

That's Glenarm

That's BallyGally

Dodgy bus photo :-(

Mamma Mia, here I go again

 Great seats for Mamma Mia school production starring a grandson. 

Early Moon

Our backyard continues to deliver some colourful treats. Tonight's moon looks pretty good already.